In total, Saskatchewan residents packed 20,760 shoeboxes in 2020. North Battleford contributed 1,005. Distribution of the shoeboxes around the world has already begun. During the next few weeks, children in Central America and western Africa will be receiving shoeboxes packed by caring Canadians. The 373,188 boxes donated in 2020 including tens of thousands of boxes packed online at PackaBox.ca were part of a worldwide total of 9,113,853 collected in Canada, United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Finland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Australia and New Zealand. “Given the tremendous pandemic challenges all of us faced in 2020, we are extremely thankful to Canadians many of whom are unemployed or facing economic uncertainty for their generosity in continuing to support this program,” said Randy Crosson, director of Operation Christmas Child Canada.